How to Install and Uninstall postgresql-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the postgresql-common on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "postgresql-common" package

This guide let you learn how to install postgresql-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "postgresql-common" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall postgresql-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the postgresql-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: postgresql-common
Version: 248
Installed-Size: 656
Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: pgdg-keyring, postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, libjson-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), postgresql-client-common (= 248), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf, perl:any
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Conflicts: pgdg-keyring
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::postgresql, works-with::db
Section: database
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_248_all.deb
Size: 179344
MD5sum: 08c3a2781f39eb11ca06228fffdfbd68
SHA256: 0e4272a676939ee5fea416cf2192d1aaaa99a4a7e406653e687826653ac04166